Major League Baseball
Oakland Athletics
7
Texas Rangers
8
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| TEX | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Nelson Cruz homered twice, A.J. Pierzynski drove in three runs and the Texas Rangers snapped a six-game losing streak with an 8-7 win over the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
C Crisp hit sacrifice fly to left, S Smith scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
N Cruz doubled to left, A Beltre scored, A Pierzynski to third.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
N Cruz homered to center (428 feet), A Pierzynski scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Pierzynski doubled to deep right, I Kinsler scored.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
N Cruz homered to center (415 feet).
C Crisp singled to right, J Lowrie scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
E Sogard hit sacrifice fly to right, S Smith scored, J Lowrie to third.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
J Lowrie doubled to right, J Donaldson scored, S Smith to third.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
S Smith singled to right, Y Cespedes and B Moss scored, J Donaldson to second.
Middle of the 9th
D Norris popped out to third.
Pitch 1: in play
D Norris batting
C Crisp hit sacrifice fly to left, S Smith scored.
Pitch 1: in play
C Crisp batting
C Young singled to center, S Smith to third, J Lowrie to second.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Young batting
C Young hit for A Rosales.
J Reddick struck out looking.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Reddick batting
J Lowrie walked.
Pitch 8: ball 4
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Lowrie batting
S Smith doubled to deep right.
Showing the last 40 of 609 events.
Jurickson ProfarDH17
Elvis AndrusSS18
Ian Kinsler2B3
Adrian Beltre3B29
A.J. PierzynskiC15
Nelson CruzRF32
David MurphyLF18
Chris McGuiness1B77
Leonys MartinCF17
Coco CrispCF4
John JasoC28
Yoenis CespedesDH52
Brandon Moss1B37
Josh Donaldson3B3
Seth SmithLF12
Jed LowrieSS8
Josh ReddickRF22
Eric Sogard2B4
Derek NorrisC33
Adam Rosales2B32
Chris YoungPH24
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